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How the North was won (and lost again). Historical and archaeological data on the exploitation of the North Atlantic by the Flemish fishery

Ervynck, A.; Van Neer, W.; Pieters, M. (2004). How the North was won (and lost again). Historical and archaeological data on the exploitation of the North Atlantic by the Flemish fishery, in: Housley, R.A. et al. (Ed.) Atlantic connections and adaptations: Economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic. Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 21: pp. 230-239

Through a compilation of the available archaeological and historical data, a reconstruction is made of the development of the Flemish sea fishery. The evolution can be followed from a coastal fishery to the exploitation of the open sea, which eventually led to the exploration of more northern waters within the north Atlantic.